Chapter Summaries

Zero struggled to stop Gomess from reaching GD City, but its radiation and regenerative powers thwarted his attacks. After Zero absorbed Gomess's Atomic Breath and vanished in a cloud of light, Gomess entered the city, unleashed flames, and then temporarily ceased activity.

• Zero tried to purify Gomess with Full Moon Wave, but Gomess rejected it and explained that it regarded its transformation as evolution.
• Zero attacked Gomess with duplicates, lances, beams, and Dyna's Nature Control, but Gomess resisted and its explosion sent a powerful shock wave toward GD City.
• Gomess absorbed Zero's Radiant Judgment and overpowered him in Strong Corona Form, leaving Zero pinned beneath rocks with his timer flashing.
• Zero returned to the fight to keep Gomess from reaching the city, but Gomess pierced him with radiation beams as Shinji refused to give up.
• Zero's body dissipated after absorbing Gomess's Atomic Breath, while Gomess entered GD City's urban area, set it ablaze, and then stopped moving.

After Gomess badly wounded Shinji and Zero, Zero told Kaworu Nagisa that humanity would have to handle the monster while he recovered. As NERV prepared countermeasures, an unexpected visitor who knew Kozo Fuyutsuki arrived at the base.

• NERV learned that Shinji had been found and brought him to the hospital with severe burns and other injuries.
• Kaworu Nagisa reached the badly wounded, exhausted Zero, who said he had absorbed Gomess's radioactive energy and warned that detonating the monster could cause a blast and radiation equivalent to several thousand atomic bombs.
• Zero urged Kaworu Nagisa to trust humanity's ingenuity and asked him to pass on the warning, then lost consciousness as his energy ran out.
• Kaworu Nagisa relayed Zero's message to Gendo Ikari, Yui Ikari, and Fuyutsuki, who agreed that humanity had to act while the scientists developed countermeasures.
• Fuyutsuki recognized the voice of an unexpected visitor asking for him and told the guards to let him in.

Professor Serizawa arrived at NERV and explained his theory that Gomess was a mutated Ullro that had broken through a hidden limit, then offered to help destroy it with the Oxygen Destroyer. Hayato watched Gomess in GD City, while a blue figure raced toward the EVA world hoping Zero was safe.

• Fuyutsuki and Gendo Ikari welcomed Professor Serizawa, who ignored Gendo and claimed to know Gomess better than anyone.
• Serizawa explained that a nuclear test in the 1960s had mutated an Ullro, and that Gomess was the only one to survive a mysterious growth limit.
• Fuyutsuki and Gendo connected Gomess's limit to Lilith and the shackles Zero had mentioned, while Serizawa warned Gomess might evolve further.
• Serizawa offered to help NERV dispose of Gomess and revealed that he had originally proposed the Oxygen Destroyer project.
• Hayato watched Gomess from a skyscraper in GD City and said humans seemed to have found a way to defeat it.
• A blue figure flew toward the EVA world, pleading for Zero to be safe.

Professor Serizawa explained how the Oxygen Destroyer could kill Gomess and why it would be most effective underwater, while Fuyutsuki discovered Serizawa was hiding part of the recording. In his hospital room, Zero heard Limings call to him just as he was about to send an Ultra Sign for help.

• Serizawa showed Ritsuko, Gendo Ikari, and Fuyutsuki footage of his Oxygen Depleter experiment, which dissolved fish in a tank down to their bones.
• Serizawa described the Oxygen Destroyer as a two-stage weapon designed to break through Gomess's defenses with an N2 Bomb and then kill it by depleting oxygen.
• Serizawa explained that an underwater battle would amplify the weapon's destructive force and make oxygen deprivation more persistent.
• Gendo Ikari and Ritsuko left to arrange the plan, while Fuyutsuki stayed and confronted Serizawa about withholding part of the recording.
• Serizawa replayed footage of his past self regretting what he had created and admitted he did not want the weapon entirely in humanity's hands.
• Zero prepared to send an Ultra Sign for help, but stopped when Limings called out to him.

Limings arrived on Earth to treat Zero and Shinji after Zero was badly injured fighting Gomess, and learned that the monster had been created by humanity’s mistake. After healing them and scolding Zero for his recklessness, Limings agreed to see for himself whether humans would take responsibility and make things right.

• Limings entered Zero’s mental space, learned how badly he was hurt, and went to NERV to treat him and Shinji.
• Ritsuko escorted Limings to Shinji’s hospital room and explained Gomess’s origins and Zero’s battle.
• Limings used a healing ray from the Silver Cross Army captain to heal Shinji and Zero.
• Limings reprimanded Zero for fighting while injured and for involving the child Shinji in danger.
• Limings asked why Ultra Warriors cared so deeply about humanity, and Zero urged him to observe humans and trust them to correct their mistake.
• Limings agreed to see how humanity would respond, while Zero said he would be watching.

Misato delivered a living fragment of Gomess to the laboratory, where Serizawa studied its regenerative G-Cells and revealed his anger over Japan’s distorted history. Limings learned that Serizawa had completed the Oxygen Destroyer’s theory, then discussed the weapon’s risks and purpose with him.

• Misato brought Gomess’s writhing, eye-covered tissue fragment to the radiation-shielded laboratory and described finding it attached to a building.
• Serizawa examined the fragment’s G-Cells under a microscope, explained their vitality and regenerative power, and condemned the government’s distortion of history.
• After confirming that Shinji and Zero were out of danger, Limings asked Ritsuko and Asuka to take him to Gomess’s information.
• Limings recognized Serizawa’s Oxygen Destroyer calculations, introduced himself as an Ultraman, and saw that Serizawa had solved the weapon’s theoretical problems.
• Serizawa asked Limings about developing the Oxygen Destroyer, and Limings said it could protect lives but would cause trouble if misused.
• Serizawa accepted that he had to kill Gomess and said he would bear certain responsibilities if humanity succeeded.

NERV and the nations of the world raced to build the Oxygen Destroyer and prepared a plan to exploit Gomess’s weakened heat-dissipating organ. Professor Serizawa secretly resolved to pilot the miniature submarine himself, while Yui realized the danger he intended to face.

• Gendo secured SEELE’s cooperation, and the United Nations persuaded countries worldwide to help build the Oxygen Destroyer within twenty-four hours.
• Scientists from across the world assembled the Oxygen Destroyer at NERV, while nations delivered its components and an enormous R30 Bomb arrived as another weapon.
• Limings was moved by humanity’s cooperation, and Asuka volunteered to fire the R30 Bomb from Unit-02 with Unit-00 supporting her.
• Misato’s plan called for drones and missiles to deplete Gomess’s nuclear energy before striking the wound on its chest, forcing it into the sea for an Oxygen Destroyer attack.
• Fuyutsuki revealed that an unnamed person would pilot the miniature submarine, while Serizawa burned his draft documents and hinted that he intended to take the dangerous mission himself.
• Yui overheard Serizawa and realized his intention, and Gendo acknowledged that the professor was a man worthy of respect.

Humanity began its operation to exhaust Gomess's nuclear energy so Asuka could use the R30 Bomb, but Gomess unleashed a devastating blast and EMP that disabled their forces. As Gomess advanced on the command platform, Limings transformed into Ultraman Limings to confront it.

• Misato and the commander rallied the assembled scientists and troops, then Misato ordered the operation to begin.
• Humanity sent trains and repeated drone waves to provoke Gomess and drain its energy, while Asuka prepared Unit-02 and the R30 Bomb.
• Gomess stopped using its Atomic Breath and released a nuclear shock wave that destroyed much of GDS City and disabled electronic equipment, including Unit-00 and Unit-02.
• As Gomess advanced toward the command platform, Misato ordered an evacuation, and Limings activated the Liesbium Brace and transformed into Ultraman Limings.

Limings transformed into his Supreme Form and fought Gomess while Rei restarted Unit-02, allowing Asuka to help destroy Gomess's heat-dissipation organ. Limings vanished while shielding Unit-02 from Gomess's Atomic Breath, and Gomess fled toward the sea as Misato ordered the Oxygen Destroyer deployed by Professor Serizawa.

• Limings used the Liesbium Brace to transform into Supreme Form and fought Gomess with speed and technique.
• Rei Ayanami activated Unit-02's emergency restart system, and Asuka brought the EVA back online.
• Limings wounded Gomess's eye and chest, then restrained its tail so Asuka could hit its exposed heat-dissipation organ with the R30 Bomb.
• Gomess attacked Unit-02 with Atomic Breath, but Limings shielded it while Asuka evacuated personnel; Limings disappeared when the barrier failed.
• Gomess fled toward the sea, and Misato ordered phase four as Professor Serizawa prepared to deploy the Oxygen Destroyer.

Serizawa sacrificed himself to use the Oxygen Destroyer against Gomess, but Limings secretly saved him. Gomess survived as a ruined, healing creature until Shinji transformed into Zero and carried it to the sun, where the Ultra Brothers’ rays destroyed it.

• Serizawa piloted the submarine to Gomess and detonated the Oxygen Destroyer, sacrificing himself to end his old friend’s suffering.
• The Oxygen Destroyer corroded Gomess, but Limings rescued Serizawa from the blast and later spotted Gomess emerging from the sea alive and badly damaged.
• Misato ordered the remaining units to attack as Zero arrived and knocked Gomess down.
• Shinji transformed into Zero despite his injuries, and Zero carried Gomess toward the sun.
• Zero summoned spectral images of the Ultra Brothers, whose combined rays shattered Gomess and sent its remains into the sun.

After defeating Gomess, Limings cleansed radiation from GD City and reflected on humanity’s strengths and flaws, deciding that he had come to love humans. He chose the human name Lin Muchen, prepared to reapply to the Space Garrison, and left Earth after saying goodbye to Shinji and Zero.

• Zero carried Gomess into space, while humans on Earth celebrated their victory and mourned Serizawa’s apparent sacrifice.
• Limings absorbed sunlight and sprayed a special liquid over GD City, removing its radiation and giving its people hope of rebuilding.
• Hikari and Mebius praised Limings for passing his trial and agreed that his achievements merited special admission to the Space Garrison.
• At Shinji’s hospital room, Limings explained that Daisuke Serizawa would live on Earth under a different identity and shared how his experiences had changed his view of humanity.
• Limings chose the human name Lin Muchen and explained that Leo had directed him to study Wing Chun when other martial arts did not suit him.
• Limings exchanged a Light Bond with Shinji and Zero, said goodbye, and flew from Earth toward space.

Shinji recovered in the hospital while Zero healed his chest wound, and Limings joined the Space Garrison. Rei Ayanami briefly became Lilith and questioned higher-order gods before collapsing, while Hayato announced that the final piece of his plan was in place.

• Shinji, Asuka, and Zero discussed their battle with Gomess as Asuka brought food for Moroboshi and mentioned caring for Tensei-kun.
• Zero used stored Healing Beam energy and Limings's energy to begin closing the scar on his chest.
• Zoffy welcomed Limings into the Space Garrison, and Limings joyfully shouted that he had joined.
• Ultraman, Ultraseven, and Zoffy discussed Zero's injuries and recalled Eiji Tsuburaya and Godzilla.
• Rei Ayanami turned cold and spoke as Lilith, questioning the gods before fainting into Kaworu Nagisa's arms.
• Hayato watched a sleeping white avian creature and declared that the final piece of his plan was in place.

Ritsuko unveiled the powerful EVA Pedanium Unit-03, while Kaji brought Misato a large rocket from the Paris Branch. Hayato revealed his plan to combine multiple Angels with Devil Splinter and G-Cells, and Zero sensed Belial’s presence before the heavily enhanced Fourteenth Angel, Sahaquiel, attacked Tokyo-3.

• Ritsuko showed Misato the nearly completed Pedanium Unit-03 and explained its upgraded cannon and rocket launcher.
• Kaji gave Misato a gift from Paris and described the oversized rocket he had escorted back.
• Hayato told SEELE he could control two Angels and planned to empower the Fourteenth Angel with Devil Splinter and G-Cells.
• Zero told Shinji and Asuka that he sensed Belial haunting him, then detected an Angel as Tokyo-3 sounded its alarms.
• NERV identified the attacker as Sahaquiel and discovered that its Devil Splinter energy far exceeded the Eighth Angel’s readings.

Zero and the EVAs fought Sahaquiel, whose Belial Splinter-powered defenses overwhelmed their attacks and left Unit-01 badly damaged. As Zero tried to protect Shinji from a mental assault, Galberos-enhanced Sahaquiel trapped him in painful illusions of his past and the loss of his friends.

• Zero, Shinji, Asuka, and Rei prepared the three EVAs to intercept Sahaquiel, while Kaworu watched Rei leave for battle.
• Sahaquiel destroyed the UN Army's ground units and blasted through Tokyo-3's defenses, frightening the people in the shelters.
• Unit-01 fired a Strium Beam with Unit-00 and Unit-02's Spacium Cannons, but Sahaquiel's AT Field repelled the attacks and severely damaged Unit-01.
• Zero knocked away Sahaquiel's tentacle and tried to break through its overlapping AT Fields while Shinji prepared to switch Zero to Universe Miracle Form.
• Hayato sent Galberos, and a second Angel signature appeared in orbit as Sahaquiel released a mental attack against Zero.
• Zero sealed Shinji inside the Riser's space and resisted illusions of his childhood, but visions of his friends in danger left him screaming in anguish.

Zero relived the deaths of his companions under Belial’s control, while Sahaquiel’s attack left Zero and the Evangelions defeated. Glenfire and Mirror Knight arrived from space and destroyed Sahaquiel, then raced toward Earth.

• Zero was forced to relive Belial controlling him as he killed Jean-bot, Mirror Knight, Jean-nine, Glenfire, and Pigmon, whose later identity was Moroboshi.
• Zero’s light went out, and his body fell as the people at the NERV base watched in horror.
• Asuka and Rei Ayanami attacked Sahaquiel, but its tentacles incapacitated them and severed Unit-02 and Unit-00.
• Gendo Ikari ordered Kaworu Nagisa to pilot untested Pedanium Unit-03 and prepare to fight the Angel in space.
• Glenfire and Mirror Knight arrived, tricked Sahaquiel with mirror illusions, and pierced its core with Glenfire’s Flame Rod.
• After Sahaquiel exploded, Glenfire and Mirror Knight sped toward Earth.

Kaworu Nagisa used Pedanium Unit-03 to wound Sahaquiel, but Hayato empowered the Angel with Zetton energy as Guren and Mirror arrived. Inside Zero's consciousness, Dark Zero overwhelmed and merged with Zero, then taunted Shinji, who remained trapped behind Zero's protective barrier.

• Kaworu Nagisa attacked Sahaquiel with Pedanium Unit-03's weapons and pierced its defenses with a Pedanium Beam, damaging its core without destroying it.
• Guren and Mirror arrived and saw Zero lying lifeless, while Hayato inserted a Universe Dinosaur Zetton capsule into the Riser and transformed Sahaquiel with black energy.
• Hayato scanned Zero with a detector, saw red eyes appear on the screen, and fled Tokyo-3.
• Dark Zero told Zero that his comrades had died by his own hands, then merged with him after Zero failed to resist.
• Shinji demanded that Dark Zero return Zero's body, but Dark Zero mocked him and told him to watch what happened.

Guren, Mirror Knight, and Pedanium Unit-03 struggled against Sahaquiel after it absorbed Zetton's power and reflected Unit-03's beam. They used the experimental Antigravity Bomb to hit Sahaquiel's core, then braced against the blast, leaving the battle's outcome unresolved.

• Mirror Knight and Guren attacked Sahaquiel while Unit-03 fired a Pedanium Particle Beam, which Sahaquiel absorbed and returned as a Zetton Final Beam.
• Ritsuko told Kaworu Nagisa to activate Unit-03's Pedanium Shield, but Sahaquiel's beam broke through and knocked Unit-03 down.
• Misato requested permission to use the experimental Antigravity Bomb, and the Commander approved it.
• Mirror Knight distracted Sahaquiel as Guren and Unit-03 broke through its AT Field, then Kaworu fired the Antigravity Bomb at its core.
• Unit-03 raised its AT Field and Pedanium Shield against the explosion, and Mirror Knight reinforced them with Mirror Barriers so Unit-03 could withstand the shock wave.

Geed arrived to save Kaworu Nagisa and the fallen warriors, then transformed into Ultimate Final Form and attacked Sahaquiel. As Geed prepared to finish the Angel, a mysterious black figure wielding Destrudium Energy appeared, while Dark Zero began controlling Zero.

• Sahaquiel survived the Zero-Gravity Bomb, healed with G-Cell activity, and knocked Guren, Mirror, and Unit-03 down with an AT Field blast.
• Sahaquiel moved to devour Kaworu Nagisa, but Geed arrived and stopped him.
• Riku used the Giga Termination to transform Geed into Ultimate Final Form, and Geed cut through Sahaquiel's AT Field and wounded him.
• Dark Zero began controlling Zero as Geed prepared to use the Geed Ultimate Crescent Slash.
• A black-and-purple blade struck Geed, and Guren and Mirror recognized the mysterious black figure as its wielder emerged.

Belial awakened within Zero and took control of his body, empowering Sahaquiel and confronting Geed. Shinji broke through Zero’s mental barrier with help from Anne Yuri’s lingering spirit, but Belial restrained him as Sahaquiel attacked Guren, Mirror, and Unit-03.

• Dark Zero healed and empowered Sahaquiel with the Reiblood Factor, then ordered it to attack Guren, Mirror, and Unit-03.
• Belial recognized Geed as his future son and accused him of betraying him by siding with the light.
• Shinji battered himself against the barrier in Zero’s Consciousness Space, determined to stop Belial from swallowing Zero’s soul.
• Anne Yuri’s lingering spirit spoke through the charms and gave Shinji the power to shatter the barrier.
• Shinji confronted Dark Zero, but Belial caught him, threw him aside, and bound him with black-and-purple energy.
• Sahaquiel attacked Guren, Mirror, and Unit-03 while Dark Zero approached Geed, who raised the Giga Termination.

Geed fought Dark Zero, who had taken over Zero’s body, but held back because he could not bring himself to injure his friend. Geed’s pleas and attacks failed to free Zero, while Shinji found Zero trapped in a dark nightmare inside his consciousness.

• Geed blocked Dark Zero’s attacks and fought back with the Giga Termination, trying to stop him without harming Zero’s body.
• Dark Zero overwhelmed Geed with his Twin Ray and Deathcium Flash, while the people at the base watched in confusion.
• Dark Zero pinned Geed and taunted him for holding back; Geed defended his friends and tried to persuade his father to abandon his hatred.
• Dark Zero kicked Geed away and fired a Dark Cluster Beam, which Geed countered with Destruction Nova.
• Shinji spotted Zero kneeling unconscious in the rain inside Zero’s Consciousness Space.